India is all set to have its own version of the Mobile World Congress for the first time, from September 27 to 29.

Following the yearly global attention drawn by the Mobile World Congress (MWC) that takes place in Barcelona, India is all set to have its own version this year.

The event will be organised by telecom industry body Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI).

‘Asian Businesswoman of Year’ award

An Indian-origin educationist in the UK has been named the ‘Asian Businesswoman of the Year’ in an award ceremony in Birmingham.

65-year-old Dame Asha Khemka was honoured for her efforts in the field of education and skills at the Asian Business Awards ceremony.

In 2013, she was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, one of Britain’s highest civilian awards.

Inter-State Council

The 11th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council examined recommendations of the Punchhi Commission report on april 9.

The committee examined recommendations of the report related to Centre-State financial relations etc.

The Inter State Council is an Indian constitutional body set up on the basis of provisions in Article 263 of the Constitution of India.

BNHS announces third common bird count

The Bombay Natural History Society had invited bird watchers, NGOs, ornithologists etc to participate in the exercise that started on April 9.

After successfully completing bird counts in monsoon and winter seasons, the BNHS has announced the bird count for summer season.

BNHS, founded on 15 Sep,1883,is non-govt organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research.

NBA launches first basketball school

National Basketball Association announced the setting up of its first basketball school, a network of tuition-based basketball development programmes, in Mumbai.

The school, as part of a multi-year agreement announced with India On Track (IOT), is open to male and female players between ages 6-18.

World Homeopathy Day

National Convention on World Homeopathy Day will be held on 10 April 2017 at New Delhi.

The event is being organized to commemorate the 262nd birth anniversary of the founder of Homeopathy, Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician.

The theme of the convention is “Enhancing Quality Research in Homeopathy through scientific evidence and rich clinical experiences”.

Exhibition on 100 yrs of Champaran

Champaran Satyagraha was a historic mass movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and its impact was phenomenal.

PM Modi will inaugurate an exhibition titled ‘Swachhagraha – Bapu Ko Karyanjali’ to mark 100 years of the historic Champaran Satyagraha in New Delhi.

The exhibition will showcase Champaran Satyagraha and it will connect essential principles of Satyagraha with Swachhagraha.

G7 foreign ministers seek to meet

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialised nations met for an annual gathering, with Europe and Japan seeking clarity from the United States on an array of issues, especially Syria.

The Group of 7 (G7) is a group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The European Union is also represented within the G7.

Khel Yatra for underprivileged children

Low-cost carrier SpiceJet unveiled ‘Khel Yatra’ for the underprivileged children in Delhi as its chief sponsor.

An inter-school 100 meter athletic competition Khel Yatra is a special initiative supported by the airline to identify and appreciate young budding talents from the underprivileged sections of the society.

The programme was backed by more than 11 NGO’s including- Saksham etc.

1st Country to Fully Legalize Marijuana

Uruguay is set to be the 1st country in the world to fully allow the production,sale and consumption of marijuana when its pharmacies will be allowed to sell marijuana.

Uruguay legalized the cultivation, distribution and consumption in 2013 but the rollout has been slow.

The authorization for pharmacies to sell marijuana was initially expected by the end of 2014, but was delayed many times.

Bhiwandi, the powerloom centre of the country, is set to get a big development push, with the state government planning to convert it into an economic corridor and make it a logistics hub.

The city is likely to be directly connected by train to textile town Bhiwandi via Thane.

Bhiwandi has seen rapid growth in the past decade and has emerged as an industrial town.

Large asteroid to buzz past Earth

A relatively large near-Earth asteroid will fly safely past our planet on April 19 at a distance of about 1.8 mn km.

The asteroid, known as 2014 JO25, was discovered in May 2014.

Contemporary measurements by NASA’s NEOWISE mission indicate that the asteroid is roughly 650 meters in size, and that its surface is about twice as reflective as that of the Moon.

US, Canada & Mexico to launch joint WC

Football federations of US, Canada and Mexico appear set to launch a joint bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA will designate a host for the 2026 edition in 2020.

There has been only one World Cup hosted by multiple nations, the 2002 edition in Japan and South Korea.

The 2026 World Cup will expand to 48 teams from 32.

Universities to be declared national uni

HRD ministry will soon decide on registration of 20 universities of national importance which are aspired to be world class.

here will be 10 government and 10 private universities in the list.

The HRD Minister also assured students that India is getting better research experiment labs which will encourage them to stay in the country.

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.

The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels.

The Sunday was often named after these substitute trees, as in Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday.

Girls edu free upto the university level

The Assam govt announced a draft population policy which suggested denial of govt jobs to people with more than two children and making education up to university level free for all girls in the state.

Minimum age for marriage must be followed for getting benefits of government employment generation schemes.

Policy proposes strict measures to prevent child marriage.

Astronomers discovered Venus twin

Astronomers, using NASA’s Kepler space telescope, have discovered a Venus-like planet orbiting a dim star that is one-fifth the diameter of our Sun and is located 219 light-years away from Earth.

This newly found world is only slightly larger than Earth, and it tightly embraces its low-temperature star called Kepler-1649, encircling it every nine days.

Haryana sex ratio highest since history

For the first time in the history of the state, the sex ratio at birth in Haryana has touched the 950 mark.

The state govt launched a massive campaign by implementing the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971.

Haryana had ranked the worst among all states in sex ratio in the country.